Sky diving. Playing padel. Running a marathon with zero training; The list of things men will do instead of going to therapy is so vast and vibrant that it’s now one corner of the internet’s favourite running joke.
In the UK, nearly half (48 per cent) of British men have never considered going to therapy, and one in 10 believe the treatment “isn’t meant for men”, according to a new survey commissioned by BetterHelp, the world’s largest online therapy platform. Their research found that men are six times more likely than women to think their friends would make fun of them for having therapy. Among those who try it, more than one in five (21 per cent) stop after a single session, with many saying they “should be able to handle things themselves”.
